Organisation: Paris Court of Appeals
Libyan fund launches treaty claim against Belgium
UPDATED WITH COUNSEL: Libya's sovereign wealth fund is pursuing a treaty claim against Belgium over the freezing of its assets, as it succeeds in lifting the last remaining attachments obtained by a pair of award creditors in France.
28 November 2023
ICC award set aside over Gaillard eulogy
An ICC award has been set aside after the Paris Court of Appeal concluded that a eulogy written for Emmanuel Gaillard following his sudden and unexpected death gave rise to doubt about the independence and impartiality of the tribunal president.
13 January 2023
ECJ says ECT doesn’t cover intra-EU disputes
The European Court of Justice has issued a landmark ruling that the investor-state arbitration clause in the Energy Charter Treaty does not cover intra-EU investment disputes.
02 September 2021
GAR Live London Lookback: Sanctions – a triangular look
Consider the following, not-impossible scenario. An arbitration in Switzerland, with UK and Iranian parties. The arbitrators are from France, Belgium and India. Do any sanctions apply? Would your answer change if one of the arbitrators were from the US? Such questions were discussed at last year’s GAR Live London, guided by Hans van Houtte, then president of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.
23 April 2018
Tapie: the end of the affair
30 June 2016
"L’Affaire Tapie" continues, with Gaillard representing Tapie
17 September 2015
Swiss court helps Middle East pipeline claim resume after 19 years
28 February 2013
